Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1887-07-09
MINING PROGRESS.


The mining interests of Jefferson coun-
ty are looking up. The Sentinel. publish
ed in Boulder, SAYS: eve are clearly of
the opinion that there is not a single
county in any state or territory lying
within the domains of the Rocky noun
tains thal can boast of a brighter pres
pect for great wealth thar this county.
Now that the railroads have almost
reached us and are already sending for
ward both money and machinery, and
. many of our mines are being opened up
and are, almost without exception, max
ing a splendid showing, u most ardent
! hopes are to be realized and Il position
has become a most enviable one. New
discoveries are being constantly made,
and wherever development is being made
in former locations, extensive bodies of
rich ore are being brought into view,
amply rewarding the old prespectory for
his many years of hardship and toll.
The little camp of Basin is reported to
be doing well. George Smith reports that
his prospect, the Cataract, situated about
one mile from Basin, is doinS well. The
ore is silver, and is being assayed in Butte
and Bozeman. There are about II men
at work on this property and the owner
is satisfied with the outlook. Eastern
parties are said to be examining several
prospects in this district. with a view to
purchasing.
4 Helena paper is w%hooping up an ore
reduction enterprise to be established in
st. Paul. Exactly why Montana mine
owners should be advised to send their
not yet TRANSFERRED. The scheme is about
ne praotiooh1a o,A reasonable ac uop1d bn
a suggestion in a Minneapolis paper to
send Minnesota wheat to Helena for the
manufacture of fiour.-Butte Inter Moun-
tain.
The purchase is announced for $4,000
of the Magnet group of mines, near the
head of ~Grasshopper creek in Beaverhead
county, Marcus DAILY, George W. Irwin,
F. E. Sargent and A. Wartenwei1er being
the purchasers. 1t is a rich property, and
is said to have enough ore in sight to re-
pay the purchase money.
The Resurrection Mining Company of
Mountain City recently shipped 10000
pounds Of ore to Salt Lake for reduction.
and received $35 per ton in return.
Another shipment will be made in July,
after which the company propose to
erect hosting works and deepen their
shaft.
The Poorman, in the Cpur d'Alenes,
purchased some time ago by Messrs. B.
c. kingsbury, Patrick Clark and other
Butte men, is rapidly developing into a
great property, and with the probable ex-
ception of the Sullivan and Bunker Hill,
is the richest silver-lead mine in Idaho.
Among the Butte copper mines a great
deal of work is going IL. The Chambers
syndicate mines are being prospected with
quiet energy. and some of them will soon
be ready to begin the shipment of ore to
Anaconda, where their entire product will
be treated.
Bob Gibbons. superintendent and stock
holder in the Kit Barson in which ex-Gov.
Hauser is interested, is enthusiastic, over
a discovery which he says he has made in
the Belt range. He claims that battery
assays of the ore run into the hundreds.
Mr.. Walker, president of the Alice
company, was recently in Butte. The
ground, and sink the main shaft to a
greater depth. Prof. Blake was with Mr..
Walker.
In Butte the Bluebird is producing con-
siderable ore on the 400 foot level, but it
is somewhat base. At the other big silver
mines no new Developments are to be re
corded.
The Neihart miners are pleased at the
announcement that great reduction works
will be begun here as soon as the Mani
toba railroad is completed to this city.
Butte's great copper mines-the Parrot,
Clark's Colusa and Gagnon are in a
splendid state of development, and are
producing as heavily as usual.
In Washington territory the coal fields
extend all the way from north to south
and are from ten to thirty miles wide.